Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Chapter 49 I’m here to recruit you

【Pingyang Mansion】

Heroes emerge from troubled times, and the Jin people go south. Although they cause devastation to all living beings, they also give Wang Shan and his like an opportunity to rise.

Speaking of which, Wang Shan was originally a martial artist, and his family background was not bad. He wanted to take the martial arts exam, but the Jin man came and cut off his dream of martial arts.

In anger, Wang Shan gathered a group of friends and started the road to upgrade to a rich gold digger. The scattered refugees joined his army one by one in order to survive. In just two years, his team expanded to 15. Public.

With more people, Wang Shan's mind became more active. What's the point of robbing families and homes? It's better to conquer Kaifeng and proclaim himself emperor.

But just when he was about to go east to take Kaifeng, his aide Liu Yue began to persuade him that there was a Princess Dongming in Kaifeng City who was not easy to mess with.

But someone who is not easy to mess with has now come to your door!
Just after dinner in the morning, a disciple reported that Princess Dongming of Kaifeng was visiting. Wang Shan was puzzled!
He is a grass bandit, and the other party is an officially-titled princess. The two parties are obviously hostile. If she comes to see him, isn't she throwing herself into a trap?

But the visitor is a guest, so he can’t not see him, right?

"Please come!"

Later, Wang Shan saw a woman who would make almost all men fall into his sight.

In his 30s, he was stunned and suddenly felt that his three wives and four concubines were no longer attractive!If she is a carefully cooked white fungus and lotus seed soup, then his wives and concubines are just chaff fed to the pigs.

"General Wang, don't be guilty of visiting me without permission!"

"How dare you! Don't blame me for not being able to welcome the princess when she comes."

After the guests and hosts were polite and sat down, Zhao Yingluo took a brief look at this historical grass bandit hero.

He is about 35 years old, and his body is stronger than Yue Fei's. His full beard looks a bit like Zhang Fei in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but his eyes are as small as mung beans, which is a bit funny.

Wang Shan saw that she was only looking at him but did not speak. He couldn't help but asked, "I wonder why the princess came to Pingyang this time?"

Zhao Yingluo then withdrew her eyes and said seriously, "I'm here to recruit the general."

Hearing her words, Wang Shan and Yue Fei were stunned!
Wang Shan thought to himself: Princess, are you kidding me?How could anyone say surrender so straightforwardly?Aren't you afraid that I will detain you directly?
Yue Fei also muttered in his heart, when you recruited Wang Zaixing to surrender, you told him a lot of truths as a preparation, why are you so forthright today?Aren't you afraid that Wang Shan will have evil thoughts and just pull you out and chop you down?
Wang Shan didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to laugh awkwardly.

Zhao Yingluo took the opportunity to ask a question, "May I ask the general where his ambition is?"

Wang Shan thought for a while and replied, "A man was born in troubled times, so he should use the three-foot sword to achieve immortal achievements!"

"General Wang is a white man. Even if he has made extraordinary achievements, will it be recorded in the history books?"

Wang Shan was speechless for a moment, "This..."

Zhao Yingluo advanced step by step, "Now there is chaos in Hedong and Hebei. General Wang has hundreds of thousands of people. According to my speculation, General Wang seems to intend to capture Kaifeng City and proclaim himself emperor. I don't know if that is true or not?"

Wang Shan was shocked, this princess was a bit extraordinary!She could actually guess her inner thoughts.

"This...this..." Wang Shan didn't know how to answer for a while. Although he did have the intention to be independent in his heart, he still lacked the confidence to say it out.

For people with a reckless background, if they want to break through the psychological shackles, they need a lot of courage.Yue Fei murmured in his heart, if you ask him if he has the idea of ​​becoming emperor, it's strange that he can answer it.

In the end, Wang Shan still failed to break through that layer of defense. "I am a fool, but I only want to make contributions to the country and the people. How can I risk the disapproval of the world and establish myself as an emperor?"

After saying this, a look of shame appeared on his face, probably because he felt that he was too spineless.

Zhao Yingluo felt happy. If he could really say that he would become emperor in front of her, things would be difficult to handle. This showed that Wang Shan was very ambitious.But he was timid!As long as there is something to fear, it is easy to control him.

"Does General Wang know about Wang Zaixing?"

Wang Shan's expression softened slightly, "Wang Zaixing has a close relationship with me. He has tens of thousands of troops, so he can be considered a hero."

Zhao Yingluo smiled lightly, "Now he and his 3 troops have become my private soldiers!"

Wang Shan asked in surprise, "What? This...how is this possible?"

"Because only by following me can he make great achievements and be famous in history! Does the general want to follow me like him, or is he like a grassroots bandit who will not be tolerated by the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty?"

Wang Shan sneered, being a little lady's private soldier?Why!Isn’t it good for labor and management to be the king of the mountain?

"Is the princess overestimating herself? You are not the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, so how can you allow me to leave a name in history?"

This time, before Zhao Yingluo could answer, Yue Fei took over.

"I am Yue Fei, who is under the command of General Zongze!"

Only then did Wang Shan notice the extraordinary-looking follower next to Zhao Yingluo. Unexpectedly, he was actually Yue Fei, who had entered and exited the Taihang Mountains several times and defeated the Jin army with hundreds of men and horses.

"Did General Yue become the princess's private soldier?"

"No, it's just because the princess is kind to me, so I protect the princess and come to recruit the general. General, listen to me, now the old general Zongze is stationed in Kaifeng, and the princess is helping me with food and grass, so the army will be well equipped! If once When the Jin people go south again, isn't it the time for us to make great achievements? If the general becomes the princess's private soldier, he can justifiably station in Kaifeng without being attacked by both the imperial court and the Jin people. If the princess uses troops to achieve great things in the future, Why is there a general missing from this list of heroes?"

Wang Shan never expected that Yue Fei would actually persuade him to become Zhao Yingluo's private soldier instead of persuading him to join Zong Ze and serve the court.

"General Yue's words seem to be disloyal to the Song Dynasty! The general's move may threaten the Lin'an court. If the officials of the Song Dynasty know about this, they will definitely hold you accountable."

Yue Fei raised his sword eyebrows and said with some emotion, "As a military attache of the imperial court, Yue would never betray the Song Dynasty. But now the official family is content in Lin'an. The imperial court is controlled by Qin Hui, Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others, and there is no hope of regaining the country." I mean, the tens of millions of people of the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains were ignored, which really chilled Yue."

Yue Fei told everything about what Zhao Yingluo had done in the past two years in one breath, which moved Wang Shan quite a lot.

"Now Princess Dongming is here to protect the people and fight against the gold thieves. How can Yue not help the princess?"

Wang Shan felt a little sad. He remembered his heroic ambition before the Jingkang Incident, winning the first prize in martial arts and leading the world's elite soldiers to become heroes.But now that he is a bandit, where is his fame?
He was a little shaken for a while and wanted to use these 10,000+ people to serve the court in exchange for an official position, but he was ruthlessly rejected by Zhao Gou when he was still King Kang.

So he stopped thinking about it and became his bandit.

Now Zhao Yingluo's arrival has stirred up ripples in his heart.

(End of this chapter)